I myself don’t recall ever seeing a novel set in Weiss. But Stefan Hattenbach’s Anziano was partly inspired by Weiss, and he seems to have appreciated Weiss in a novel according to the blurb on the site:

In 2004, he purchase a first edition of the Swedish version of The Lord of the Rings (1959-1961) and was amazed by the excellent flow and presentation of the text on each page. He realized that several major foundries had already done interpretations of Weiss - all of which were more or less true to the original. He didn’t want to add to that list. Instead, Stefan has tried to find his own path with Anziano and hopefully people will think that the design lives on its own.

maybe i’m just used to reading old sci-fi books from the 50’s and 60’s which tend to use either times or plantin.

anziano looks great in the sample, but i would love to see it set with more text.

i’m almost finished the book and for the most part weiss has not hindered me too greatly, but i am noticing it, where as in the past i don’t think i have paid too much attention to the typeface.

maybe i’m finally turning into a typophile...

cheers

I”ve seen Weiss used a few times as a text font in novels, and it works well if properly set (modest point size, generous leading). Does have a more distinctive character than say a page set in Adobe Garamond, so it’s not for every novel. Only title I can think of off the top of my head is The White Puma, by R.D. Lawrence. Weiss is also slighter wider than the average text font. Overall, then, not one to use if economy of space is an issue. The italic is wonderful in small doses. Drawbacks: no small caps, and roman figures, though smaller than cap height, are lining, not oldstyle.